What is the ruling on one who deliberately acts out of ignorance?
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The questioner : Is it also ignorance?
The Shaykh : How is it ignorance?
The questioner : Does he deliberately act out of ignorance?
The Shaykh : And how, I mean, how?
The questioner : A person, I mean, knows that this is ignorance, but he deliberately... I mean, he fell into ignorance?
The Shaykh : No, no, the ignorant person is excused[Al-Baqarah 2:286].
The questioner : Does he deliberately act out of ignorance?
The Shaykh : Deliberate ignorance? Ignorance is a description; one does not deliberate it. Can a person say, "I know that I am a scholar"? That is what you are saying: deliberate ignorance.
The questioner : He worships with something out of ignorance, and we say this is the true knowledge, and he says, "I do not know this thing"?
The Shaykh : Then he has arrogance, yes.
The Shaykh : How is it ignorance?
The questioner : Does he deliberately act out of ignorance?
The Shaykh : And how, I mean, how?
The questioner : A person, I mean, knows that this is ignorance, but he deliberately... I mean, he fell into ignorance?
The Shaykh : No, no, the ignorant person is excused
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
ربنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأناThe questioner : Does he deliberately act out of ignorance?
The Shaykh : Deliberate ignorance? Ignorance is a description; one does not deliberate it. Can a person say, "I know that I am a scholar"? That is what you are saying: deliberate ignorance.
The questioner : He worships with something out of ignorance, and we say this is the true knowledge, and he says, "I do not know this thing"?
The Shaykh : Then he has arrogance, yes.